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1974 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

1974 (1974) NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions West Georgia
(1 title, 1 title game,
1 Final Four)
Runner-Up Alcorn State
(1 title game,
1 Final Four)
Semifinalists St. Mary's (TX)
(1 Final Four)
Kentucky State
(4 (other 3 Champs of NAIA) Final Four)
Coach of the Year Roger Kaiser
(West Georgia)
Chuck Taylor MVP Foots Walker
(West Georgia)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
George Harris
(St. Mary's (TX))
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The 1974 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 37th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. It would be the last tournament to be played in Municipal until 2002. In 1975 would be held in the new Kemper Arena. Kemper would host the NAIA Tournament until 1993, when the NAIA would move the tournament and its offices to Tulsa.

The third place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.


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